Flip Saunders on WDFN: Enough of the 'We like it when it's hard' attitude

The Pistons players may appreciate a challenge, but coach Flip Saunders thinks they should be challenging each other every game instead of putting themselves in tough situations.

"We can't have the attitude that 'We like it when it's hard,' because you're playing with fire if you play it that way," Saunders said Thursday on WDFN-AM's "The Stoney and Wojo Show."

In the Pistons' Game 1 loss to the 76ers, the starters played a meaningful fourth quarter for the first time in months, and it showed.

"They may have even been a little out of sync," Saunders said. "Hopefully, we're going to look down the road and say it was better it happened then than in game 5 in the conference finals."

Saunders went on to discuss the Pistons' effective handling of Andre Miller in Game 2, as well as the perception that Rasheed Wallace's fourth quarter antics in Game 1 were indications that the Pistons weren't taking the 76ers seriously. Listen below to hear the full interview: